Gunman robs man making night deposit

HYANNIS — A masked gunman robbed a man making a night deposit for his company Wednesday night, police said.

HYANNIS — A masked gunman robbed a man making a night deposit for his company Wednesday night, police said.

At about 8:30 p.m., the depositor, who lives off-Cape, drove up to the Bank of America on Barnstable Road across from a popular fast-food restaurant. He pulled up to the drive-through area to deposit money from his job at Sprint on Independence Drive.

As the depositor eased his Ford Taurus into the drive-through, a man wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt and black ski-mask got into the car through the passenger-side door and put a revolver to the depositor's head, according to Barnstable police Sgt. Sean Sweeney.

The robber made the man drive to Main Street, where the thief jumped out with the night deposit bag and fled toward North Street, Sweeney said.

A Barnstable County Sheriff's Office police dog tracked the man briefly but lost the scent, Sweeney said.